If your manuscript, whether traditional or out-of-the-box, has been labeled a hard sell, you won't want to miss this presentation. Join award-winning women's fiction author Kristina McMorris as she shares how more than determination took her first novel from rejected repeatedly to sold internationally. Learn secret tips on making your query stand out from the pile and gain unique marketing insight to land that manuscript in a top agent's or editor's hands.

“I've picked up many helpful tips that can give authors of any genre—no matter how unique the book—a leg up while traveling on the bumpy road to publication. The primary focus is on querying, pitching, and selling.” ~Kristina McMorris.

Kristina is a two-time Golden Heart® finalist and recipient of nearly two dozen national literary awards. Her debut novel, Letters From Home, is scheduled as a trade paperback release from Kensington Books (U.S.) and HarperCollins/Avon (UK) in March 2011, when a condensed version will also be distributed in the Reader's Digest Select Editions Volume.

For more information about Kristina McMorris, please visit her website at www.kristinamcmorris.com

For more information, and how to register for this presentation, please visit the website of The Vancouver Island Chapter of Romance Writers of America at www.vicrwa.ca